I've installed x2goserver on Enso, a Ubuntu derived Linux. It works
find as root, but as a non-root user it fails. In syslog on the server I see the following:
Jul 28 18:44:08 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 1). Jul 28 18:44:08 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 2). Jul 28 18:44:08 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 3). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 4). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 5). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 6). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 7). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 8). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 9). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 10). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: Unable to find free display port or insert new session into database; parameters: port (50), hostname (enso) and session name ().
Since it works as root I'm assuming a permission issue somewhere but I
have no idea where to look. Any suggestions?
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Can anyone point me to some suggestions for debugging this? X2goserver
works fine as root but not as ordinary users under enso linux.
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On Sat, 28 Jul 2018, Robert Dinse wrote:
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2018 18:53:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Robert Dinse <nanook@eskimo.com> To: "x2go-user@lists.x2go.org" <x2go-user@lists.x2go.org> Subject: [X2Go-User] Debugging Server Side Issues
I've installed x2goserver on Enso, a Ubuntu derived Linux. It works
find as root, but as a non-root user it fails. In syslog on the server I see the following:
Jul 28 18:44:08 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 1). Jul 28 18:44:08 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 2). Jul 28 18:44:08 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 3). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 4). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 5). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 6). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 7). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 8). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 9). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, cannot start new session. Retrying (run 10). Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: Unable to find free display port or insert new session into database; parameters: port (50), hostname (enso) and session name ().
Since it works as root I'm assuming a permission issue somewhere but I
have no idea where to look. Any suggestions?
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:01:30 -0700 (PDT) Robert Dinse <nanook@eskimo.com> wrote:
Can anyone point me to some suggestions for debugging this?
X2goserver works fine as root but not as ordinary users under enso linux.
Just a random thought: maybe you need the package "xserver-xorg-legacy". Remember: this is just a shot in the dark.
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